CAVS ON THE RISE WITH 12TH STRAIGHT WIN
CHICAGO — Dwyane Wade and Kevin Love each scored 24 points, LeBron James had 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Chicago Bulls 113-91 Monday night for their 12th straight win.
Backed by a trio of stars, the Cavaliers matched their longest winning streak since the 2014-15 season.
• Celtics 111, Bucks 100 — At Boston: Kyrie Irving had 19 of his 32 points in the second half, helping offset a 40-point night by Giannis Antetokounmpo as Boston held off Milwaukee.
Al Horford added 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Jayson Tatum chipped in 17 points to help Boston improve to an NBA-best 21-4. The Celtics have won five of their last six.
• Spurs 96, Pistons 93 — At San Antonio: LaMarcus Aldridge had 17 points and 10 rebounds and San Antonio rallied to beat Detroit.
Reggie Jackson had 27 points for Detroit, which led by as many as nine points before dropping its third straight.
• Jazz 116, Wizards 69 — At Salt Lake City: Alec Burks scored 27 points for his third straight game with 20 or more, and Utah blew out Washington for its sixth straight win.
Burks is on his best string since three straight 20-point games in February 2014. He helped the Jazz put on a show during the first 24 minutes to lead 64-30 at halftime, their second-biggest output in a half this season.
• Hornets 104, Magic 94 — At Charlotte, N.C.: Kemba Walker had 29 points and seven assists in his return from a shoulder injury, Dwight Howard reached a rebounding milestone and Charlotte beat Orlando to snap a fourgame losing streak.
Walker, who missed the previous two games, was the spark plug all night for the Hornets and became the first player in franchise history with 200 career 20point games. He made all 14 free throw attempts.
• Knicks 115, Pacers 97 — At Indianapolis: Thaddeus Young scored 20 points to lead seven Indiana players in double figures as the Pacers routed short-handed New York.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points and Victor Oladipo added 16 for the Pacers, who led by 26 at half and 95-65 after three quarters
• Suns 115, 76ers 101 — At Philadelphia: Devin Booker scored 46 points and TJ Warren added 25 to lead Phoenix over Philadelphia.
Booker made 17 of 32 shots and hit four 3-pointers, including three in the fourth quarter that helped the Suns put away a Sixers team that played one of their worst games of the season. Booker scored 32 points on 11 of 17 shooting in the second half.
• Grizzlies 95, Timberwolves 92 — At Memphis, Tenn.: Marc Gasol scored 21 points, Tyreke Evans added 16 — including two key free throws with 12.7 seconds left — and Memphis snapped an 11-game skid with a victory over Minnesota.
Memphis, which hadn’t won since Nov. 7, had to wait a bit longer after Evans’ free throws. On the ensuing possession, Jimmy Butler’s off-balance, 26footer over Andrew Harrison bounced off the backboard and grazed the rim, snapping the Grizzlies skid.
• Mavericks 122, Nuggets 105 — At Dallas: Harrison Barnes scored 22 points, Dennis Smith Jr. added 20 and Dallas beat short-handed Denver.
Six Dallas players scored in double figures as the Mavericks earned their second straight wire-to-wire win after beating the Clippers by 26 on Saturday. Dallas had its highest scoring game of the season and has won five of eight since starting 2-14.
• Nets 110, Hawks 90 — At Atlanta: Caris LeVert scored a season-high 17 points, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had 16 points and Brooklyn used a strong third quarter to grab momentum and beat Atlanta.
Brooklyn, avenging Saturday’s home loss to Atlanta, had everything working in its favor in the second half. It began the third trailing by one but went on a 17-0 run to go ahead 70-54 on DeMarre Carroll’s 3-pointer. The lead swelled to 29 in the fourth as the Nets earned their largest win of the season.